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O'Flaherty, Liam
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- ink and paper
The Informer. London: Jonathan Cape, 1925
8vo (7 1 /2 x 5 ins; 190 x 120 mm). Publisher's green linen cloth, spine gilt; top edge a little soiled. Pictorial dust-jacket; spine panel lightly faded, minor rubbing along folds, but unchipped with only the slightest creasing at spine ends.
8vo (7 1 /2 x 5 ins; 190 x 120 mm). Publisher's green linen cloth, spine gilt; top edge a little soiled. Pictorial dust-jacket; spine panel lightly faded, minor rubbing along folds, but unchipped with only the slightest creasing at spine ends.
Literature
Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone; Smiley, Books into Film, pp. 224-27
Catalogue Note
First edition. When it was published, The Informer, with its lurid account of the confusion and violence of Republican terrorism, was hailed as a masterpiece. John Ford directed the 1925 film.